Honiton to Warrington Bank Quay

[piccadilly]

Good Morning.

I wanted to Travel to Warrington Bank Quay on 6th July catching the 10.17 from Honiton to Bristol Temple Meads then to from Temple Meads to Warrington.

Following the excellent advice from this forum, by buying two journey tickets, rather than straight through, I can save about £20.

However the Trainline Booking Service informs me that the tickets on the 10.17 and the following train 11.16 are "sold out"

I prefer actually to buy my tickets at the station on the 6th, but is there another booking site I can use? - it seems unlikely the tickets are sold out.

Kind Regards,

 

[Jurg]

Good Morning.

I wanted to Travel to Warrington Bank Quay on 6th July catching the 10.17 from Honiton to Bristol Temple Meads then to from Temple Meads to Warrington.

Following the excellent advice from this forum, by buying two journey tickets, rather than straight through, I can save about £20.

However the Trainline Booking Service informs me that the tickets on the 10.17 and the following train 11.16 are "sold out"

I prefer actually to buy my tickets at the station on the 6th, but is there another booking site I can use? - it seems unlikely the tickets are sold out.

Kind Regards,

Try https://new.trainsplit.com/ which should be able to get you the cheapest split of tickets for your whole journey AND sort out reservations where required.

 

[Tazi Hupefi]

Some trains require a mandatory reservation now because of social distancing, so may well be technically fully booked, although I'd imagine there will usually be space available on the day, although it's not guaranteed, and I don't know if some ticket checking staff would prevent access to the train.

 

[Watershed]

If Trainline are saying the service is booked out, you won't be able to book a reservation on that service through another website (apart from, if you're lucky, through the XC 10 Minute Reservation text service on the day). They use exactly the same industry-wide reservations data/system as all other retailers.

Whilst XC have put their services down as "reservation compulsory" in the timetable data, I can confirm this is NOT being enforced on any regular basis. Many trains show "fully booked" even though there are loads of seats left.

I really wouldn't worry about it - just select another service when booking, and in the highly unlikely event of your intended service being overcrowded and only those with reservations being admitted, you can simply wait and take the train you reserved.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

- just select another service when booking, and in the highly unlikely event of your intended service being overcrowded and only those with reservations being admitted, you can simply wait and take the train you reserved.

Assuming, of course, that you are buying tickets valid for any train. If you are buying 'Advance' tickets (that is, tickets which are labelled as 'Advance' as opposed to buying tickets which you could buy on the day of travel, but buying them in advance) then they are only valid on the particular train that you bought them for.

 

[island]

As well as the above good advice, for future reference avoid using Trainline as it is usually more expensive than booking directly with the train company and never cheaper.

 

[piccadilly]

Thank You for your helpful advice.

I have booked on the 12.16 but hope to catch the 10.16 - the ticket is described as an off peak return - I assume this is not an Advance ticket?

 

[Watershed]

Thank You for your helpful advice.

I have booked on the 12.16 but hope to catch the 10.16 - the ticket is described as an off peak return - I assume this is not an Advance ticket?

Yep, the ticket you've booked is flexible so you are free to catch the 10:16 if you prefer.